Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The left side rank tab

The left side rank tab is overlaid by a single silver aluminum wire tresse

the obverse with a red machine-embroidered disc bearing a white Sig rune

An envelope from an inmate of Buchenwald

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Calgary

marked "CRB" over "1925"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The left side rank tab(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three